Sorry about what happened op. I know of a boy that got badly beaten up after school. The boys attend the same school. The father of the injured boy spoke to the school the same afternoon and he was told that nothing would be done because it was not on school premises and that he was to speak to police. He did and they were visited by police who spoke to his son. Nothing was done at all, even by the police.They spoke to the other boy and that was it. Waste of time as usual but good luck with it!

And I think it would be a good idea if they had staff and / or community police officers in the area at going home time.

I would ask for a meeting with the school, explain how serious and ongoing the problem is and how it does reflect very badly on the school and if they don't take some effective action or make an effort to stop it you will write to the local paper and tell ofsted! The reputation thing will scare them.

Also, it isn't good for young people to think they can carry in like this and the school and the local community are helpless.

poor you. did you take photos of them? or would you recognise them? Otherwise I doubt anyone can help really. It's unlikely they'll own up unless they are keen to get in big trouble or one or more if them feel genuinely remorseful enough to take the consequences and ensure their mates take the consequences too. I hope my teens would not do this and that if they did would own up but if I'm really honest with myself I think they would be unlikely to come forward, especially not if they would have to dob their mates in in the process. Having said that, I would agree that I would expect the school to do an assembly to emphasize how unacceptable this is and ask for info just in case a kid with unusual moral fibre and bravery came forward. and if it is an ongoing problem as you say and you are very near the school maybe they should organise teachers or a community police officer to be in the vicinity after school to try and address the problem. must be very trying for local residents and will give the school a terrible reputation if allowed to continue.

At DS's school they invite you in and show you photos of all children fitting the description in an attempt to help you identify them. I have known them call in and discipline children who have misbehaved ion the street out of school hours.

In fact the children from DS's school generally behave very well when out and about in uniform. Maybe this is why.

YANBU. Our head would definitely act. An email would probably be sent to staff asking them to discuss with pupils in the hope that someone dobs in one of their peers.

Did you see the kids? Schools usually have photos of all pupils. Ours are kept in a file at reception and anyone reporting something like this would be able to look through and see if they recognise any of them.

If I knew they were definitely from a school and how many of them there were etc. I would contact the school rather than the police. At my dd's school they are very interested in things that happen outside school hours by their pupils whether it was vandalism, bullying, drinking, fighting.